The Impact of Monetary Reinforcement toward Sustainability of Community Pre-schools: A Case Study in Zanzibar, The United Republic of Tanzania

Participatory approaches in its broadest sense have been more prominent in community owned schools (ZMRC) than other structures. That approach usually requires different institutional arrangements, networking system (matrix environment), more time and more resources. For instance, it requires two years intensive follow-up and discussions with religious leaders, shehias, villagers and others to establish a community-based pre-school of the necessary quality and with a reasonable chance of becoming sustained by the community. Despite of the reinforcement approaches and humanistic theories used, bottom-up approach is crucial in achieving interventions that are both effective and Sustainable; the matrix environment is necessary strategy of community interaction. Further more this paper revealed that the use of monetary reinforcers does not guarantee the community involvement to ensure the school sustainability in a long run.